AbleGia Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago This weekend i was working on cleaning out some storage when i found my old PC from 2011. I was running this machine up until about 2 years ago when i finally built a new rig. I was thinking i have three 5TB drives i could toss into this machine and make it into a NAS. But after powering it up and remembering just HOW old it is, I'm debating if this is a good idea. So i figured i would go to the community and see how badly i get roasted for this idea. What do you think? Good use of old tech? Or putting lipstick on a dead pig? Here is the NewEgg listing of all the hardware i used to build it. I think the only thing that ever changed was the graphics card upgraded to a GeForce GTX770, and i have different drives now. https://newegg.io/fa78b78https://newegg.io/fa78b78 Key specs: ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition - Phenom II X6 Thuban 6-Core 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Desktop Processor - HDE00ZFBGRBOX CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9Q-16GBRL Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Unbeatable Gaming Case GeForce GTX770 Graphics Card 3 - 5TB Segte Sata HDD Corsair 500 GB Sata SSD Quote
ubergeek Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago So in my opinion if thats the hardware you have to build with, YES build it and when you have the chance to upgrade things upgrade them. The hardware is yes old but I know people still using core2duos to power their projects. Keep in mind that some thing you may want to do past the basic storage nas my be limited like Plex ect, due to the power they can sometimes require Quote
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